Monday 12 January 2015

Colliding Galaxies NGC 2207 IC 2163 by the Hubble iPad Mini Cover

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From the bottom up: Manipulating nanoribbons at the molecular level

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Researchers have developed a new precision approach for synthesizing graphene nanoribbons from pre-designed molecular building blocks. Using this process the researchers have built nanoribbons that have enhanced properties--such as position-dependent, tunable bandgaps--that are potentially very useful for next-generation electronic circuitry.

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Graphene plasmons go ballistic

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Graphene combined with the insulting power of boron nitride enables light control in tiny circuits with dramatically reduced energy loss.

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Study confirms controversial nitrite hypothesis

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Understanding how nitrite can improve conditions such as hypertension, heart attack and stroke has been the object of

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Fractional quantum Hall effect: Experimental progress and quantum computing applications

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The Hall effect, discovered in 1879, is observable when a Hall voltage perpendicular to the current is produced across a conductor under a magnetic field. Although the Hall effect was discovered in a sheet of gold leaf by Edwin Hall, this effect does not require a two-dimensional condition.



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Metasurface solves calculus problems as an analog computer

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Scientists have demonstrated that a 2-D man-made material called a metasurface can perform spatial differentiation and integration, the two main types of calculus problems, when illuminated by a laser beam. Essentially, the metasurface transforms the shape of the incoming light wave profile (the input) into the shape of its derivative or integral (the output). The achievement requires very precise control of light at the nanoscale—specifically, controlling both the amplitude and the phase of the reflected light at the same time.



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Stellar Nursery R136 in the Tarantula Nebula Rectangle Sticker

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series Hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds in appear in this the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood. The massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus (or Tarantula) Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
There is no known star-forming region in our galaxy as large or as prolific as 30 Doradus. Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are among the most massive stars known. Several of them are over 100 times more massive than our Sun. These hefty stars are destined to pop off, like a string of firecrackers, as supernovas in a few million years. The image, taken in ultraviolet, visible, and red light by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, spans about 100 light-years.
The movement of the LMC around the Milky Way may have triggered the massive cluster's formation in several ways. The gravitational tug of the Milky Way and the companion Small Magellanic Cloud may have compressed gas in the LMC. Also, the pressure resulting from the LMC plowing through the Milky Way's halo may have compressed gas in the satellite. The cluster is a rare, nearby example of the many super star clusters that formed in the distant, early universe, when star birth and galaxy interactions were more frequent.
The LMC is located 170,000 light-years away and is a member of the Local Group of Galaxies, which also includes the Milky Way. The Hubble observations were taken Oct. 20-27, 2009. The blue color is light from the hottest, most massive stars; the green from the glow of oxygen; and the red from fluorescing hydrogen.

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Super Planet Crash

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Orion Nebula Upright Bass Wall Sticker

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"Hubble Space Telescope" Cover For The iPad Mini

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Huygens heads for Titan

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Space Science Image of the Week: This week marks 10 years since ESA’s Huygens probe landed on Saturn’s moon Titan, taking pictures like this during its descent

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Speciation of radioactive particles in Fukushima soil

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Radioactive contamination of the soil in the Fukushima area as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster is

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World’s most powerful camera receives funding approval

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Plans for the construction of the world’s largest digital camera at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have reached a major milestone. The 3,200-megapixel centerpiece of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will provide unprecedented details of the universe and help address some of its biggest mysteries, has received key “Critical Decision 2” approval from the DOE.

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Globes in Hand, Now It's Time to Party!

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As if they didn't look good enough on TV, guests at one Golden Globes after party had a team of specialists waiting to pretty them up as they walked in the door.















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AP PHOTOS: Editor Selections From Asia

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Two weeks after the Air Asia jet carrying 162 people on board crashed in the Java Sea, search teams lifted the tail portion of the jet out of the water. On Monday, divers retrieved the flight data recorder, one of the two "black boxes," which will hopefully provide clues about what caused the disaster.















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Accused Silk Road Creator Goes to Trial Amid U.S. Scrutiny of Bitcoin

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A U.S. crackdown on use of the digital currency bitcoin for drug trafficking and other crimes is headed for its highest-profile test yet, as a trial begins for the alleged creator of an online marketplace catering to vice.















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NYPD Overseer Reviews Suspected Chokehold Cases

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The New York Police Department and an independent agency tasked with investigating excessive force claims are inconsistent in determining how and when officers are held accountable for using prohibited chokeholds, according a report being released Monday by the city's new inspector general for police.















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Drop Your Top: Convertibles Poised to Make a Comeback

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Americans are ready to let their tops down and feel the wind blow through their hair.















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Northern Lights Over Bear Lake, Alaska Poster

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Shimmering above Bear Lake, Alaska, the northern lights create a natural display of ever changing, evolving varicolored lights. Our poster is the perfect gift for the outdoors lover or for yourself.

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Star Cluster Pismis 24, core of NGC 6357 Sticker

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series The star cluster Pismis 24 lies in the core of the large emission nebula NGC 6357 that extends one degree on the sky in the direction of the Scorpius constellation. Part of the nebula is ionised by the youngest (bluest) heavy stars in Pismis 24. The intense ultraviolet radiation from the blazing stars heats the gas surrounding the cluster and creates a bubble in NGC 6357. The presence of these surrounding gas clouds makes probing into the region even harder. One of the top candidates for the title of "Milky Way stellar heavyweight champion" was, until now, Pismis 24-1, a bright young star that lies in the core of the small open star cluster Pismis 24 (the bright stars in the Hubble image) about 8,000 light-years away from Earth. Pismis 24-1 was thought to have an incredibly large mass of 200 to 300 solar masses. New NASA/ESA Hubble measurements of the star, have, however, resolved Pismis 24-1 into two separate stars, and, in doing so, have "halved" its mass to around 100 solar masses.

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